Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-03-25
TO BE BETTER BORN.

Agreeable with natural science, intelligence
has It's terrestrial inciplency in the spire of
grass, In the seed that gelminates and in fact
in every vitalized organism which is impaired
by the unseen plastic power, that grand IN
finite entity. The more favorable the circum-
stances and the more congenial the conditions
the better will those things grow and develope.
Their development and improvement would
become perennial with each successive year
under the most favorable circumstances. Not
only the case with the vegetable kingdom but
with the animal also. Such being the case, of
what great importance and intrinsic value it
must be TO improve the human species. We
all know that our habits, our food etc., have
nue.. TO do with our physical and mental con-
diiion. We know that dissipation or any
kind OF excess is injurious to us mentally and
constitutionally, therefore whatsoever has such
an effect is injurious not only to the individual
but also to the race. Such are in the cata-
logue Of sins and crimes so that whosocver
commits those things SINS against all that is
good, against himself anI against humanity
and Is instrumental in transmitting those evils
to posterity. Though such an individual may
not become father, his influence is of with
ering, blighting character in society. In re-
gard to SO important a question we should
know he truth, the whole truth and nothing
out the truth There is nothing good about
any thing that we ought not to know and if
there is any thing bad about it we ought to
know that too. We ought to know the true
and false in order TO be able to discriminate
one from the other. We cannot sin and be
happy. tits no wonder that so many de-
formed and partially insane and idiotic foreign
ers appear in our country since they are the
| offspring of oppressed and half starved parents
with spark Of hope kept alive by cheap beer
or Irish whiskey which temporarily stimulates
but ultimately clfeninates. 1t is no wonder
that their progeny have the same inclinations.
1t is no wonder that throughout the entire
world there Is SO much crime since it has
become disease and TO a great degree spe-
cies ofinsanity. 1t is no wonder that so few
! in proportion TO the maximum number attain
to any useful sphere in life since SO many have
inherited an abnormal existence. There are
inherited diseases of corroding loathsome
character coursing through the veins and as
terial system Of thousands of our people, much
ofwhich has been imported from all parts of
the world awaiting an opportunity to make
haYoc and devastation amongst thousands of
innocent offspring Oh! how many genera.
tions must suffer for the ingratitude Of vicious
and foolish people. Are you aware
that when you transgress against all nature
and all mankind, that you violate the
whole constitution Of society? Men and wo-
men should not flatter themselves with the
ideas that they will spend the best part Of
their days and the strength of their substance
IN debauchery and finally ftask God for Christi
sake to save them" For as sure as Gods laws
are inexorable they will have lived shameful
lives and must die deplorably. In order fol
succeeding generations TO be born better
mankind must live better and become NOR.
temperate, more virtuouS, more humane, less
selfish and more scientific. land more relg
ious. Ed.] L. c. HILL.